New Guy for the first time

NewGuy · December 2018

Five years ago I purchased a 2013 Little Guy 5 wide years and a 2012 Subaru outback 4 cylider (CVT Transmission). After 90k miles transmission went and lucky for me Subaru covered under warranty. I never told them I towed trailer over 30k miles. After all the bad press regarding the CVT I sold the 2012 and purchased a 2014 (12k miles) 6 cylinder also a Subaru hoping for better luck.. The 2014 does not use the CVT so I figured between the non-CVT and larger engine I should be ok.

I know there are a lot of Subaru folks so any thoughts on if I will be lucky with a different car?

Sharon_is_SAM · December 2018

General consensus is to use a 6 cylinder vehicle. Lots of subaru Outback owners towing their TaBs here and the latest discussion includes the new Ascent. I suspect you will find some folks using the Outback over on the TaG forum.

NewGuy · December 2018

well I am half way there, 6 cylinder seems to be a winner any comments on the CVT?

jgram2 · December 2018

Hi @NewGuy searching on CVT gives you 3 pages to read!

NewGuy · December 2018

Thank You I will do that!!

N7SHG_Ham · December 2018

I don't own or tow with a Subaru, but for the 2018 models I found this on a dealer Web page:

Subaru Towing Capacity By Model

2018 Subaru Crosstrek
Towing Capacity: 1,500 lbs. max tow rating
2018 Subaru Forester
Towing Capacity: 1,500 lbs. max tow rating
2018 Subaru Outback
Towing Capacity: 2,700 lbs. max tow rating
2019 Subaru Ascent
Towing Capacity: 5,000 lbs. max tow rating

Please note that those ratings may not apply to ALL cars of a particular model since they say MAX. I know for instance the new Ascent requires certain trim levels to reach that MAX. Certainly for a T@B 400 outside of the Ascent properly equipped no other Subaru model would be adequate, YMMV for the smaller trailers.

pthomas745 · December 2018

Here are a couple of pages of Subaru threads:

https://www.google.com/search?ei=5OkWXI2UEcuh0wKviarIAw&q=subaru+cvt++site:tab-rv.vanillaforums.com&oq=subaru+cvt++site:tab-rv.vanillaforums.com&gs_l=psy-ab.3...2738.9137..9393...0.0..0.94.1544.25......0....1..gws-wiz.JgRVovBTXFA

Homebodyatheart · December 2018

@NewGuy if you’re looking at the Ascent you need to know that the base model tows less than 5000#, but that the next three models up are rated for 5000#. As much as we loved our Subaru Outback it was 4cyl and I won’t tow my Tab with less than 6cyl anything. We traded an Outback for a low mileage 2015 Highlander when we ordered the Tab. It makes towing simple!We’ve also now got the Ascent Limited and it’s good driving a Subaru again! Have fun test driving tv’s and figuring it all out.

NewGuy · December 2018

Thanks everyone for the great info. I ended up purchasing a 2014 Subaru Outback 3.6 with non CVT Transmission, it had only 12k miles. I flew to Salt Lake and reach home in Calif today.

mreric · December 2018

how was the cvt maintained? at 90k with towing i am guessing you should have changed fluid about 3 times..

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